Hong Sung Do (홍성도) - 시각오염5mΦ, 1989

how do we get people to stop referring to mild temporary discomfort as ‘trauma’

Lady Macbeth's only crime was simply being too much of a girlboss

tumblr is my scrapbook, i find something pretty i want to look at later and i glue it to a page . like yesssss you are my little memory forever to look at lovingly

1882 Evening Dress; French. Designed by Charles Frederick Worth.

“Worth designed gowns which were works of art that implemented a perfect play of colours and textures created by meticulously chosen textiles and trims. The sheer volume of the textiles he employed on each dress is testimony to his respect and support of the textile industry. Worth’s creative output maintained its standard and popularity throughout his life. The business continued under the direction of his sons, grandsons and great-grandsons through the first half of the twentieth century.“

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

vaguely academic things to do to keep yourself entertained

go down a wikipedia research hole by clicking the first term you don’t understand

binge a crashcourse series end to end (personal recs: world history, history of science, big history, philosophy)

find free books on project gutenberg

download some western classics for free

borrow books and audiobooks from the libby app or borrowbox

start a commonplace book

take a khan academy course

browse MIT’s free online course materials

teach yourself to code

go on a google scholar essay dive

try the open access button to avoid some paywalls for academic media, or install unpaywall that does a similar thing

research the history of the place you where you live

tempt the wrath of the duolingo owl and learn a language

search for online streams of the local tv in your target language’s country and use as background noise for immersion points

print and scrapbook favourite poetry and literature quotes

improve your handwriting by doing handwriting exercises

learn philosophy with the philosophize this! podcast. actually just check out all the educational spotify podcasts there are many good ones

start a weekly club with friends to share new and interesting things you’ve learnt that week

clean and reorganise your study space, physical or digital

check out online museums

fave educational youtube channels that I adore: vsauce, crashcourse, smarter every day, kurzgesagt, school of life, tom scott, r. c. waldun, vsauce3, primer, mark rober, veritasium, asapSCIENCE, scishow, TED-ed

hopefully you’ll find something to enjoy! happy learning x

hello everyone. Here’s the worst thing you’ll see this week:

“To achieve perfection in writing while retaining naturalness it was important to write a great deal, to write fluently, as the pianist practices the piano, rather than to correct constantly one page until it withers. To write continuously, to try over and over again to capture a certain mood, a certain experience. Intensive correcting may lead to monotony, to working on dead matter, whereas continuing to write and to write until perfection is achieved through repetition is a way to elude this monotony, to avoid performing an autopsy. Sheer playing of scales, practice, repetition — then by the time one is ready to write a story or a novel a great deal of natural distillation and softing has been accomplished.”

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Anaïs Nin, On Writing

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being sensitive isn't a drawback

often people who are sensitive by nature are told to harden themselves up emotionally. they are told not to feel so much else it'll be difficult to live in this harsh world.

being sensitive is not something to be ashamed of. you have an added gentleness to your nature in these times when everything is a bit more rough than required.

make your sensitivity your most prized possession and value it instead of feeling low about it. be proud of your feelings. care as much as you do. that's what makes you the beautiful person that you are ✨

me, getting dressed: ok so which fictional character are we manifesting in place of a fixed identity on this dire autumn morning